Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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Walter Williams is in Painters.
On 29th November 1834 Walter Williams was born; his given name George Walter Williams. He was baptised with his sister Caroline and his brother Francis on June 26, 1837 at the St. Pancras Church in Camden, London.
1856. Walter Williams [aged 21]. "Hastings Beach, East Sussex".
1856. Walter Williams [aged 21]. "Misty Morning, Old Hastings, East Sussex".
On 27th June 1857 Walter Williams [aged 22] and Jane Caroline Pearcy [aged 25] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. They had two children.
1869. Walter Williams [aged 34]. "A Surrey Cornfield".
On 20th October 1872 [his wife] Jane Caroline Pearcy [aged 40] died in Barnes, Surrey.
1873. Walter Williams [aged 38]. "Harvesting".
1873. Walter Williams [aged 38]. "Haymaking".
1874. Walter Williams [aged 39]. "On the Lledr".
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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In 1905 Walter Williams [aged 70] transferred from the Croydon Workhouse to the Richmond Union Workhouse.
Before 1906. Walter Williams [aged 71]. "Stonehenge in Winter".
On 14th April 1906 Walter Williams [aged 71] died in a poorhouse in Richmond, Surrey and was buried in a pauper's grave.